98 5.4L Driver Side Valve Cover Tube
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98 5.4L Driver Side Valve Cover Tube
The tube came out that goes to the air intake on the driver side valve cover. It is a plastic piece but seems to not fit tightly back into the valve cover. Does anybody know if a replacement is available? I may just jb weld it in place if no part can be found
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a local parts store should have that tube. and as long as its not leaking *Spray some wd40 startin fluid or somthing along those lines and see if your motor studders and it will tell you if its leaking....or just listen for what sounds like a vacuum leak
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You will need a tune to compensate for the unmetered air flowing into the throttle body from the passenger side.
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pm me your address and I'll send the grommet and pcv off a 98 4.6 romeo if you think it will work. Its tight and didn't leak at all. I'm not sure however that the grommet is the same size of the 5.4??? Other than that Go to a local wrecking yard, find a donor. should be able to get the part for next to nothing.
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Before you jb weld it you might consider a permatex silicon. I'm thinking the jb weld might be to "rigid" and not allow for temp fluctuation. Just an idea.
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Great ideal. Plus if I ever need to remove the hose from the tube again the silicone will be a lot easier to clean than the jb weld. The tube came off b/c the hose was "molded" to the plastic piece. I tried to use a screwdriver to pry off the hose but the force required must have broke the piece off of the valve cover.
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This is for the driver side tube without the pcv. The passenger side tube has a pcv and grommet. I ended up putting some jb weld on the piece and rounded it off on my bench grinder for a tight fit. I did not even need the silicone with this method as it fits very tight in the valve cover.
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reading this thread made me wanna cry. as you stated, NO it is NOT the pcv, that is the passenger side valve cover.
as for the nub on the driver's side, it is epoxied into the valve cover, so no, resetting it in there with epoxy (jb weld) will not hurt it.
Yes, you can run breathers, and if you are going to run one, it is best to do both sides to keep it even. whoever it was that responded about a tune for unmetered air, omg you gave me a headache. NO NO NO. breather on the valve cover, plug on the bung in the intake tube. no extra air is getting in.
I ran breathers on mine for over a year and loved that I wasnt sucking oil through my intake constantly, however, I did then have large amounts of oil spilling out of the filters and onto my headers below, which as you can imagine, is not a good thing to have happen. I reinstalled the whole pcv system when I did my build. Just my $.02
as for the nub on the driver's side, it is epoxied into the valve cover, so no, resetting it in there with epoxy (jb weld) will not hurt it.
Yes, you can run breathers, and if you are going to run one, it is best to do both sides to keep it even. whoever it was that responded about a tune for unmetered air, omg you gave me a headache. NO NO NO. breather on the valve cover, plug on the bung in the intake tube. no extra air is getting in.
I ran breathers on mine for over a year and loved that I wasnt sucking oil through my intake constantly, however, I did then have large amounts of oil spilling out of the filters and onto my headers below, which as you can imagine, is not a good thing to have happen. I reinstalled the whole pcv system when I did my build. Just my $.02
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